As eBay marks its 30th year, we explore the platform’s most astonishing sales—from entire towns to viral chicken nuggets—to ...

Related Terms: Internet Payment Systems Online auctions are sales transactions that result from a competitive bidding process conducted over the Internet.

By proactively delisting auctions for property from virtual worlds and online games, eBay may be effectively forcing players who participate in such trades into the hands of giant third-party ...

Things are changing at eBay. eBay says it is evolving to adapt to changes in the larger market, but it's not clear how the auction giant will fare against an emerging army of specialized competitors, ...

Although eBay has tried to curtail fraud on its Web site, scammers still haunt the leading auction site--leaving users feeling vulnerable. Find out what eBay's doing to keep crooks at bay.

Ending its foray into the world of traditional auctions, eBay is selling its Butterfields unit to Bonhams, a U.K.-based rival.

In July, eBay announced a partnership with noted auction house Sotheby’s to help bring its inventory of art, antiques and collectibles online via a new live auction format with real-time bidding ...

Amazon.com is quietly scaling back its once high-profile online auction business, a testament to the power of eBay, the industry bellwether.

Jacob Kastrenakes is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. eBay and the fine-art auction house Sotheby’s are teaming up to offer ...

Ebay, the ecommerce giant beloved by bargain-hunters, today announced plans to broadcast live auctions of fine art and antiques in partnership with Sotheby’s, the elite auction house known for ...

eBay users can once again bid on art in real time thanks to the online auction house's second attempt to launch a live-auction product for fine art.